Gordon Sprigg

Sir John Gordon Sprigg
Premier JG Sprigg
Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
In office
18 June 1900 – 21 February 1904
MonarchsVictoria
Edward VII
GovernorAlfred Milner
Walter Hely-Hutchinson
Preceded byWilliam Philip Schreiner
Succeeded byLeander Starr Jameson
In office
13 January 1896 – 13 October 1898
MonarchVictoria
GovernorHercules Robinson
Alfred Milner
Preceded byCecil John Rhodes
Succeeded byWilliam Philip Schreiner
In office
25 November 1886 – 16 July 1890
MonarchVictoria
GovernorHercules Robinson
Henry Brougham Loch
Preceded byThomas Upington
Succeeded byCecil John Rhodes
In office
6 February 1878 – 8 May 1881
MonarchVictoria
GovernorHenry Bartle Frere
Preceded bySir John Molteno
Succeeded byThomas Charles Scanlen
Personal details
Born
John Gordon Sprigg

27 April 1830
Ipswich, Suffolk
United Kingdom
Died4 February 1913 (aged 82)
Cape Town, Cape Province
South Africa
Political partyProgressive

Sir John Gordon Sprigg, GCMG, PC (27 April 1830 – 4 February 1913) was an English-born colonial administrator and politician who served as prime minister of the Cape Colony on four different occasions.


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